NASA launches Eyes on the Solar System to view the solar system in 3D environment

NASA just launches a free web browser-based application known as “Eyes on the Solar System” that facilitate users to explore a 3D version of the solar system full of real NASA mission data. The new application contains a video game technology to view the the motion of the planets, their satellites and NASA spacecraft with beautifully generated models of all the planets, asteroids and the Sun.

In order to download it the users have to download the Unity Web Player, a free plug-in, for Mac and PC at first. Then go explore the models of the planets, comets, and asteroids.

One can also travel back in time that dates from as far back as 1950. You can also travel to the future with projected data that goes up to 2050.

This is the first time that public will be able to overview the entire solar system with planets and their moons, asteroids, and other objects in real time.

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Video Presentation

Twitter releases Bootstrap to enhance the development of web applications and traditional sites

Twitter just launches Bootstrap, a internal toolkit and an open source project on GitHub.with remarkable HTML and CSS framework, intended to initiate the development of web applications and traditional sites.

Bootstrap contains compiled CSS, example templates, HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and many other features.

Bootstrap will cover not only basic styles but also provide well-designed and long-lasting front-end design patterns.

Bootstrap is tested and supported in major modern browsers like Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Firefox.

First, Bootstrap remains very easy to put into practice; just drop it in your code and go. Compiling Less can be accomplished via Javascript, an unofficial Mac application, or via Node.js (read more about this at http://lesscss.org).

Create your own website easily with Weebly’s new CMS system

Renowned web site builder Weebly presents Weebly Designer Platform, an exclusive rebrandable content management system (CMS) that consolidate website design, hosting, and client management into a centralized interface allowing web designers to create web sites faster, manage more clients and keep their own branding intact.

With the Designer Platform, designers are able to brand the CMS that clients use with their company’s logo, colors and domain name by removing and replacing Weebly’s branding from a centralized interface with individual control over each client and their permissions. Clients can log into your company portal to check their stats and make changes to their sites based on the permissions you set.

Designer Platform will facilitate the clients to make simple tweaks with the Weebly interface depending on how the designer configured the site.

This new CMS system will provide assistance to small business providing them a feature-rich Web site without the hassle.

Content elements like text, pictures, videos, forms and slideshows can smoothly be put in with the help of a simple, drag & drop interface. Full HTML & CSS control is accessible for maximum customization.

This new platform provides advantages over applying WordPress for both designers and their clients without requiring a separate hosting solution.

Web Design Studio (3rd edition) empower you to make your web publishing easy

Web design studio will provide you a great assistance to form and publish professional interactive websites quickly with shopping carts (including PayPal), web forms, blogs and more without any programming or technical skill. One can create eye catching web pages with WebArt images comprising flash banners, buttons, arrows, bullets and pictures.

With select web design studio one can sell products or services online or share photos or experience with others.

How to create it :-
• Select from one of the professionally designed templates
• Provide your particulars and then prefer color, scheme and font for individualizing your site.


Key features

Transmit Page as Email with dazing graphically-rich emails.
Improved HTML Import with code fragments, web pages and even entire websites.
Animated Marquees, Custom-design your own multi-line text messages that scroll across the screen.

E-Commerce Wizard: easily sell your products and services from your site using PayPal and other leading shopping cart providers.

Flash Support to run Flash movies in your website’s design view or customize the supplied flash banners.

Navigation Bar Creator to make your site unparalleled and professional look with your own stylish Navigation Bars.

With Smart Objects you can add blogs, polls, counters and more.

HTML Source View: add code to objects, table cells and complete pages with HTML Source Vie .

Web-Ready Forms: add standard forms to collect details and feedback from visitors to your website.

RSS News Feeds: keep visitors up-to-date with the latest headlines from leading news websites.

Google set up master API for hyperlinking web apps

Google is going to evolve an über-API that will be useful to alleviate interaction between web applications and to incorporate the project alias Web Intents with its Chrome browser and Chrome OS browser-based operating system.

Google's API is identical to Mozilla's existing Web Activities campaign which is based on the original Web Intents project initiated by google.

Google API will empower the developers to connect their web app to an extraneous service with as little as two lines of code.

Google also plans to create a web site where coders can post and share the evolution and use of Web Intents.

The users can test drive the system at Google's examples page, and explore the API with the help of Google's JavaScript shim, facilitating you roll the interface into any browser.

Adobe release Adobe Edge to design animated content without the help of flash

Adobe has added a significant addition to their product line by launching a new web motion and interaction design known as Adobe Edge. It is an open development methodology with which the creative designers will get the ability to design animated content to web site and in the future simple games applying web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Adobe is planning to put in more HTML5 features like Canvas support, support for HTML5 Audio and Video tags, richer support for animating SVG graphics and more.

Adobe Edge is ready for use as a free download while in its public preview period to encourage web designers to research and provide feedback on. The 1.0 product is anticipated to launch next year.

The Adobe Edge preview works indigenously with HTML and allows users to add motion to subsisting HTML documents without changing design integrity of CSS-based layouts. The users can smoothly generate visually rich content from scratch applying familiar drawing tools that create HTML elements styled with CSS3.

Google introduces Page Speed Service to rewrite you web page

Google just declared Page Speed Service. It’s an online service designated for enhancing the loading time of your web page automatically. Web application developer can point their application DNS at Google and Google will rewrite your pages with web performance best practices along with adding scripts and css files and the other best practices defined in the Google’s Page Speed guidelines.

The speed up factor will be dependable on some criteria like content on your pages, browser, geographic location of access, bandwidth, etc. One is able to run tests to measure the speed up of your site in a few minutes.

Presently the service is available to a limited set of webmasters at free of cost. The service is accessible through filling this web form

Process :-Sign up and furnish Google your serving and reference domains.
One can transmit traffic to Page Speed Service by pointing your DNS CNAME entry to ghs.google.com.

Request access to Page Speed Service

Appcelerator offers to win $10,000 in cash for developing a winning application

Appcelerator®, the leading developer of indigenous mobile, desktop and tablet applications recently offer an opportunity to win $10,000 in cash for developing a winning application at its CODESTRONG™ 2011 Hackathon.

It is a conference to be held for first time for mobile developer organized by Appcelerator. The conference will happen in San Francisco at the Intercontinental Hotel from September 18-20. The conference will focus on the latest innovations in mobile and web development, with 2+ days of compelling keynotes, 25+ breakout sessions, networking with 500+ mobile developers and restrict the conference off - a late-night hackathon.

All CODESTRONG attendees are able to join the hackathon. The participants will have to show their invention on mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Blackberry. Other than the $10,000 first-place award, the top ten most groundbreaking and helpful appcations will avail other cash and prizes.

Save an Additional $200 on CODESTRONG Registration. All attendees can join with more than 25+ in-depth sessions and keynotes at CODESTRONG. Pre-registration is accessible until August 15th for $799. Registration is open at www.CODESTRONG.com.

Appcelerator is also providing a restricted quantity of All Access Passes for $999. These premium will contain full conference access, private reception with the Appcelerator co-founders Jeff Haynie and Nolan Wright, "office hours" with Titanium engineers, and one-on-one time with Silicon Valley venture capitalists to talk about what they look for when investing in mobile startups. Besides, all attendees are welcome to appear for Titanium Certification exam for free (a $295 value).

Save $200 on either of the registration options above by utilizing coupon code "CODESTRONG200" when registering at www.codestrong.com.

Monitor your Kids Online with Predator Protection Software

Austin company Infoglide Software recently introduce Minor Monitor. It is a new web application designated to create alert to the parents when their children victimized with online risks like cyber-bullying, hate crimes, drug usage, solicitation and suspicious friends.

With advanced algorithms and technology of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Screening program the software can easily find out dangerous activities and probable terror threat son Facebook.

The application not only reads computer dialogue for profanity, sexual references, solicitation and bullying but also discover possible computer hackers trying to access into a child’s Facebook account.

More than 1,500 parents have already downloaded this free application and get successful result.

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Enhance your twitter traffic with awe.sm

One can improve the twitter traffic surprisingly with the help of awe.sm. Awe.sm is created for modern web. It is a network of people to get across the results of Tweets, Likes, emails, and other sharing activities leaving what path they follow.

This new system lets users know with confidence where each link was originally shared other than all the places where it was finally clicked (i.e. referrers). This approach provides a unique set of data that reveals just how misguiding referrer information can be.

Awe.sm also helps users to understand the mechanics that make successful sharing — who is tweeting, what they’re tweeting, where it’s being tweeted from, when it’s being tweeted, etc. So besides mechanically building the outbound links to incorporate the social attribution with Google Analytics, Omniture, and other web analytics solutions, awe.sm tracks the operation of each Tweet (and Like, etc) independently. By involving the rich information about the context of each share with the visits, pageviews, conversions, and revenues it drives, awe.sm facilitates customers to surpass just looking at social data and to start acting on it

Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 - An exclusive web technology

Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 software is designated to generate enterprise-ready Internet applications quickly by compacting multifaceted business logic into fewer lines of code. Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 is integrated with Adobe Flash® Platform to create rich Internet applications (RIAs) from client to server.

More than 770,000 developers at over 12,000 companies worldwide are extensively using this widely adopted web technologies in the industry.

The latest version Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 has been released with some new advancement like Office file interoperability, Tight integration with ColdFusion Builder, Object-relational mapping, Microsoft Office SharePoint integration, Enhanced Adobe Flash Platform integration, Adobe AIR® local/remote database synchronization, New Ajax controls, Server Manager, Built-in support for portlet standards.

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 Extensions for Dreamweaver
Update Adobe Dreamweaver to avail the new features of ColdFusion 9.0.1 by installing new CFML function and tag definitions and help files.

Recently a new book known as Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit has been published by Ben Forta. The book contains important code organization and management techniques and integration with all sorts of other technologies (including PDF, Adobe Flex and Data Services, Ajax, advanced SQL and databases, ORM). The coldfusion users will get help from design and planning, to application deployment and troubleshooting.

Create your personal website with 1&1 MyPersonal Site

Do you want to acquire a personal space on the web? Don’t be upset because &1 Internet Inc , a leading web hosting company in North America recently introduce a tool known as 1&1 MyPersonal Site for creating a personal website smoothly and rapidly.

Anybody will get the ability to form a online presence with a variety of layouts along with pre-designed content to incorporate themes such as hobbies, interests, holidays, and celebrations.

The cost for 1&1 MyPersonal Site will start from $4.99 per month. One can also avail the opportunity for creatign a personal website with all included features for free during 1&1’s risk-free, 30-day trial.

The website contains appropriate text and images which are already included in the design and one can apply some simple process to generate a attractive website.

The website includes some exclusive features like a pre-licensed photo library, contact form and guestbook. Users can also take the advantages to embrace RSS news feeds, videos and Flash animation to any section of their website. Each site contains unrestricted number of customizable Web pages in addition to unlimited Web space and data traffic to guarantee maximum uptime and functionality.

After the 30-day trial, 1&1 MyPersonal Site costs $6.99 per month for a 3-month contract and $4.99 per month for a 12-month contract, each with no setup fee. The package also includes a domain and 5 email accounts.

For more details please visit http://www.1and1.com

Brief overview of Word Press

Word press is a popular online blogging software and it is written in PHP and backed with a MySQL database. It is an open source software. Everybody don't require any PHP expertise to create blog with wordpress. PHP is required to support your hosting only. Once it is being installed, one can easily run WordPress, make posts, change themes, etc. Wordpress often customized into a Content Management System (CMS). The wordpress comes up with some features like a plug-in architecture and a template system.

There are lots of free wordpress theme available online and one has to upload them and activate from your web hosting control panel.

Required knowledge for setting up wordpress :-
Programming language syntax
WordPress system operation as a php/mysql web application
Network and server operations
Installing WordPress

Installation System :-
After downloading extract the WordPress package.
Make a database for WordPress on your web server alongwith a MySQL user having capabilities for accessing and modifying it.
Change the name of wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
Open wp-config.php in your desirable text editor and fill in your the details of database.
Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server.

The latest stable release of WordPress (Version 3.1.4) is available in the market with a maintenance and security update for all previous versions.
downloadable link
http://wordpress.org/latest.zip

The wordpress comes up with some exclusive features like Automated graphic insert tools, in-built site design formats, an extensive library of free design Theme templates, in-built form generators, free custom designed themes.

Free wordpress themes :-
http://www.freewpthemes.net/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/08/100-excellent-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/
http://www.wpskins.org
http://themes.rock-kitty.net/

iOS 5 for iPad, iPhone, or iPod with integration to Twitter

Apple is going to introduce iOS5 in September, 2011. iOS 5 will be compatible with iPhone 4 and 3GS, iPad 1 and 2, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation.

iOS 5 comes up with more than 200 new features for your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

With iMessage features the user will be able to send unlimited text message through Wi-Fi or 3G from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. iMessage is in-built with the message app and facilitate users to send text, photos, videos, locations and contacts. iMessage contains delivery and read receipts - an indicator while the other party is typing and the capability to push messages to all your devices. With Notification Center, one can keep track of all kinds of notifications like new email, texts, friend requests, and more in one convenient location.

iOS 5 systematizes your magazine and newspaper app subscriptions in a folder which is called Newsstand. This feature will help the users avail their favorite publications rapidly and easily. The users can go to a new place on the App Store just for newspaper and magazine subscriptions. And one can acquire it straight from Newsstand. New purchases go directly to your Newsstand folder. Then, as new issues become available, Newsstand automatically updates them in the background — complete with the latest covers.

From now iOS 5 can be integrated with Twitter. iOS 5 simplied it to tweet from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The user will be able to tweet directly from Safari, Photos, Camera, YouTube, or Maps after being signed in Settings.
A single sign-on feature permits you to retrieve a user’s identity, avatar, and other profile data. There’s also a frictionless core signing service, allowing you to make and sign any call to the Twitter API.

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Filter Forge – A high end Photoshop plug-in for creating stunning design

Filter Forge is a versatile high-end Photoshop plug-in that contains a multitude of filters that generate textures, special effects and image enhancements to generate a wide variety of realistic and abstract textures and effects.

Filter Forge come up with over 8141 free community-created filters in the online filter library. These high quality filters are easily downloadable, resolution independent and customizable.

The users can create diffuse, bump, specular and normal maps with the help of these filters.

One can create their own filters in the visual filter editor by assembling them from components such as blurs, gradients, color adjustments, noises, distortions, or blends.

Filter Forge 2.0

The 2nd version of filter forge is launched with some exclusive features like :-

Shadows via Ambient Occlusion

Point/Area Lights

New Lighting Options

Full HDR Support

Color Inspector

Bomber Component

Transform Components (Scale, Rotate and More)

Polygon and Ellipse Components

Free Gradients and Shapes

Lua Scripting

RGB Math Components

Instant Filter Search

Median, Minimum, Maximum and Percentile Components

Non-Seamless Filters

Supported host applications for Photoshop CS5 and Elements 7

Now the beta test version of Filter Forge 3.0 both for Windows and Mac OS X is launched with several major features and enhancements

Software:

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7

Hardware:

Pentium III 733 MHz

128 MB RAM

50 MB free disc space

Screen Resolution 1024×768

Internet connection (for filter library and to submit filters)

Host Applications For Plug-in Use:

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 – CS5

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 – 7.0

Corel Painter 8 – IX

Corel PHOTO–PAINT 10 – X4

Corel Paint Shop Pro X – XI

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 – 9

Ulead PhotoImpact 11 – 12

Trial Download for 2.0 version

Trial Download for 3.0 beta version

Usefulness of social network for small business

To set up a small business and make it a success story is not an easy thing. The hardest part of it is the publicity of the business. But now in the time of hi-fi technologies and up to date gadgets a flood named social networking marketing change the whole concept of marketing and advertisement. This new genre of marketing surely helps one to promote his or her company and its requirements. It is a boon for those small enterprises which generally don’t have much budget for publicity. So now days, the social network has become one of the most important marketing tool.

Various social networking sites namely Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Flickr, LinkedIn, and even YouTube are the hot spot for many small business organization. The online presence of the organization is enriched by the help of these social networking sites. In these sites you can put your message that is made to promoting your small business organization. And whenever you try to socialize by any of these social networking sites, your promotion will get bigger exposure to a larger audience. As in these web sites many community or group have been created by like minded people, one can also get his or her target customers without any hardship. It is also used to find out new business partners or employers by developing his or her business presence.

Whenever any company registers under any social networking sites, it gets it unique domain name. As soon as the domain name becomes the identity of the organization, anyone can visit the profile, customized for the particular business house. It will be great if the owner creates many profiles in various social networking sites because it will help it to get good search engine ranking for the unique brand name of the enterprise. In this way, social networking sites help one who is seeking information or looking for the name of the particular brand. The unique URL of the domain name of the small business body becomes the title tag of the product and enhances its brand value as well.

Social networking marketing depends on three main things: 1) unique content, 2) good SEO and 3) useful links. After registration under any social networking site, one gets a space to write down the endorsement message for public view. This content should be clear, user friendly and rich of right number of keywords. The clarity and proper word selection make content more attractive. The proper SEO handling helps the URL to gain good optimization. And as soon as you get the social networking link index, it will be treated as inbound links to your main website. This is a right option to gain not only the traffic but also the sale of your product or service. In this way you can get link of your own small business organization and the best part of all is that it is free of cost.

Once you get the entry in this magical world of social network marketing, you can start socializing and interaction with your target customers by scrapping, chatting or simply twitting. This personal interaction helps one to make a bond of trust and belief on the mind of the customers. By this powerful tool, one can not only convince the customers to purchase the product but also can take advantage of conveying the further information about the product, company or services. Moreover, the customers can give you the feedback of the product or the service instantly and directly. This type of feedback surely helps you in advancement of your product or providing better service in future. By this tool, you can easily channel various messages like information about the product or service, the details, any promotional offers like discounts or free gift the background of your company etc. This new genre of promotion with a personal touch makes its way to popularity day by day.

Social networking sites also make a new path for communicating with like minded people. One can not achieve success without any co operation from its peer group. Getting help and ideas from the people of the same field is the most productive way in small business organization. You can also get in touch with the business tycoon of your field simply by following him or her and can share thoughts and opinion of each other at any point of time. Additionally one can discuss about his or her business with the people of same field and can get new and useful information.

Social network marketing is also very cost effective way of advertising and PR which is a perfect choice for the small budget business organization. It is a time consuming way also. The owner of any small business enterprise can communicate with general people and disseminate his or her message in many ways through various social networking sites.

Among many available options, blogging is the most simple and powerful way to communicate with the potential buyers. You can write blog via RSS feeds about your product, company or service and can have a continuous conversation with your readers. Micro blogging in social networking sites like Twitter or its business version Yammer is another useful path for instant customers back up. Discussion on the forum of any social networking site is beneficial for them. One can have many -to- many communications in this way. Web sites like Facebook, Linkedln or Orkut are successfully used for promoting, recruiting, marketing and brand endorsing.

In this techno age, social network marketing opens a new cost effective and trendy door of advertising for the minor businessmen. Through this gateway, they can convey their messages, share their thoughts, listening to the customers all over the world and above all create a personal bonding with them. In this way, small business enterprises can embrace the social networking sites to get huge success in future.

HTML5 & CSS3 - The future of Web development

HTML5& CSS3 is well matched with older browsers and is able to work on everyplatform. One can make a powerful and easy-to-maintain, future-proof web pagesas these new technologies can handle errors efficiently.

Onewill be more expressive in the semantics of your markup without sacrificingclean markup or resorting to complex workarounds.

Onewill get new styling and layout abilities with CSS3. Use shiny-new APIs tobuild applications with location sensitivity and full offline functionality.One can also create intelligent and self-validating web forms with these newtechnologies.

You will be able to rotate, scale, skew, and otherwisetransform HTML elements with CSS 3. Explore CSS3 CSS Transforms (supported in Opera 10.5, Firefox 3.5 andSafari 4 and higher).

Example of some design work by using HTML 5

The incorporation of SAP NetWeaver Gateway and Flash Builder 4.5

Adobe System will integrate the SAP NetWeaver Gateway technology and its Flash Builder 4.5 for the development of rich Web and mobile applications for Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS.

Flash Builder 4.5 software is considered to be the Eclipse-based development tool for creating communicative mobile, Web and desktop applications through ActionScript and the open source Flex framework.

This new incorporation will facilitate developers to increase front-end experiences and widespread SAP business and consumer systems and allow  enterprise customers to access the critical business data instantly across a range of devices and platforms.

The SAP NetWeaver Gateway, is an open, standards-based framework providing a simple way to interact with SAP apps through any environment or device enabling rapid development of a new class of applications using any development tool.

The Importance Of Online Marketing For Your Business

Now-a-days internet becomes an inherent part of our life. In our every sphere of life from purchasing our groceries, checking the weather- even booking a vacation; we take the advantages of internet.

Today is the age of world wide web and the internet gives opportunities to communicate with millions of web users from the simple click of a button. Combining a professionally designed website with blog posts, social networking profiles and e-marketing campaigns is the most successful way to enhance your brand awareness and potentially, even your sales.

In order to increase the traffic of your website, one has to put unique content and promotional material to your website. Article marketing in particular is considered to a  great source to promote your website or brand, whilst implementing back links to your website in a bid to increase your traffic. In short, article marketing is an effectual way in which to make your target market aware of your service.

One has to put well written, promotional material to clearly depict your message to your chosen target market. The articles should be keyword rich and abiding to search engine guidelines for optimized success.

Besides one has to apply additional pieces of promotional literature, including newsletters, press releases, web pages and blog posts

Brief overview of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)

Brief overview of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)

Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) is the most advanced form of outsourcing that includes knowledge-intensive business processes with high level of specialized domain related knowledge.

KPO is considered to be the evolution and maturity of the BPO sector that involves a component of Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO), Research Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Analysis Proves Outsourcing (APO) carried out by staffs with advanced analytical skills, technical expertise, depth of knowledge, experience and decisive judgment.

The motive of KPO is to bring higher value to organizations by providing business expertise rather than process expertise and reduce variable cost.

Segments of KPO services

The KPO services include the following

• Research & Development (equity, fixed income and credit, and quantitative research)

v      Financial Research

v      Business Research & Analytics

v      Market Research

v      Patent Research

v      Legal Research

v      Life Science Research

v      Clinical Research

v      Intellectual Property (IP) Research

• Advanced Web Applications
• Business and Technical Analysis
• Learning Solutions
• Animation & Design
• Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
• Medical Services
• Writing & Content Development
• Data Analytics
• Network Management
• Training & Consultancy

Now KPO is also utilized in engineering Services, web Development application, CAD/CAM Applications.

As the KPO industry effectively put together the factors like as cost advantages, scalability, the ability to provide quick turn around, and geographical attractiveness etc., the industry is expected to gain a quick growth in the near future. Outsourcing increased by three rungs with the appearance of KPO

Benefits of KPO

KPO can expect to get the following benefits to the outsourcing company:

• Huge amount of cost savings that can be used somewhere else.
• Good quality work
• Standard operational efficiency.
• On time delivery of services
• Increase in profits.
• Adaptability to changes in required quality
• Option to recruit a larger work force without raising costs.
• Help gain a competitive edge in the market by enhancing the efficiency of the processes

Evaluation of KPO

LPO

LPO is known as legal process outsourcing. LPO contains a wide range of legal processes like patent application drafting, legal research, pre-litigation documentation, advising clients, writing software licensing agreements and drafting distribution agreements.

RPO

RPO refers to Research Process Outsourcing. This is mostly applicable in the biotech industry. Clients outsource their R&D work.

Alternatively RPO is also known as Recruitment Process Outsourcing. RPO is identical to Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO). The RPO team mostly handles all the recruitment.

HRO

HRO indicates to Human Resource Outsourcing. HR contains a group of activities like payroll management, training, staffing, benefits administration, travel and expenses management, retirement and benefits planning, risk management, compensation consulting, etc. These activities are outsourced so that  the owner can concentrate on the other aspects of the business.

MBPO

MBPO is termed as Medical Business Process Outsourcing. Apollo Hospitals is the first major hospital to be getting into this.

Future of KPO

Current trend and future prospect of KPO is highly potential. Current estimates of the KPO market stand at anywhere from $1 to $3 billion assuming an average revenue per person of $55,000 over the next four years. The global KPO industry is expected to top out at a whopping $17 billion by 2010, of which $12 billion would be outsourced to India. KPO industry employed approximately 106,000 professionals in 2006-07 and is predicted to grow to 350,000 in 2011-2012.

India's KPO sector is forecasted to acquire USD 11.2 billion in 2011-2012; and the equity research and investment banking domain currently represents one of the fastest growing areas of analytics offshoring.

The Indian KPO sector is expected to employ more than 250,0000 KPO professionals by 2010. India will detain more than 70% of the KPO sector by 2010. Apart from India, countries such as Russia, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, and Israel are also expected to join the KPO industry

India provided $3.5 billion of BPO and KPO (but non-IT) services in 2003 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 36 per cent during 2004 to 2010. Hence, it is likely to earn $30 billion in 2010 by providing these services.

 

How to make your portfolio website attractive for web design service

Now-a-days there is a lot of competitions in the web development sectors. In order to keep ahead in the competition and to turn the general clients into prospective buyer you have to make your portfolio website most attractive and appealing.

Your portfolio website will be a symbol of yourself, be a mock-up of your work, and offer clients a means to get in touch with you.

One should maintain the following guidelines for making his/her portfolio website appealing to the prospective clients.

Unique logo – You should give a professional prominent logo in your website that may include your company name or very short description about your business like website design/website development etc. Alternatively you may also use ‘Alt’ tag. Don’t use any clip art or fancy script in your logo.

Attractive tagline/headline – You may use some taglines/headlines in your website as the 80% of your visitors will see your headlines initially before entering your site. The tag lines will provide vital information about your service and performance indicating what makes you different among other competitors in the market. The text in the tag line should be brief and relevant so that it can grasp the attention of the prospective clients and compel them to stay in your site.

Good portfolio or Samples of your work – Create a detailed portfolio of your completed projects as prospective clients will quickly glimpse at your site and if nothing grasps their attention, they will bounce out.

Brief overview of your services – Provide detailed description about the normal & specialized services you offer as the client can easily select you if your service meets client’s requirements. Break up your total services into different segments as much as possible. The term ‘Web development’ is used in a broad way that may includes Flash design, HTML, Java Script, different kinds of programming languages like PHP, MySQL etc., CMS web design, OS-commerce Solutions, Logo design, Banner design ….many more. So don’t inform your clients just saying you only provide web development services.

If you specialize in designing for certain type of clients, you must indicate it by saying "specializing in OS commerce Solutions for those who want to sell their products online".

About you page – In about us page, try to give personal information about yourself or about your company’s activities so that the clients get some clear pictures before the project handover. Personal information may include your background, your location, how many years you've been in the business, your skills etc. Also don’t forget to include your picture - this allows them to see with whom they are actually deal with and builds trust. This is the place where you can show off any awards and recognition you have earned regarding your service. This will add a great value to your service.

Contact page - This is the most vital page on your website. If you overlook this page without giving proper location and contact details the client will find it difficult to contact you if the client requires your services. Include all the probable options you want to be contacted, such as phone, email address, instant messenger, fax, skype etc. Your contact page may increase your revenue to a great extent.

Testimonials – Give some reviews of the clients with whom you have worked previously and successfully completed their projects. These reviews will create good testimonials for work and add reliability on your performance.

Increase the interest of your visitors to take the plunge – If any visitors visit your site, your intention will be to get a quotation from that visitors, the visitor contact you for more information or the visitor leave his/her contact details.

The greatest possible way to acquire their information is to offer something in return.

You can offer the client the following opportunities:-

· You can provide the client a downloadable document through online

· You can send the client a free newsletter containing most updated news, article, blogs, technicalpapers etc.

· You can generate a report on how to keep away from web developer scam artists

· You can also show him a case study of a website that you developed and how much the business' income increased

The above procedures will help you to increase your trustworthiness and enhance the possibilities for making a deal with clients in near future.